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Pakistan
US mil helicopters flown by Pakistani pilots delivering British search and rescue teams and supplies to Mazafarabad--the capitol of Kashmir--area in Northern Pakistan suffering much of the most serious. First DART team will be deployed to Mazafarabad tomorrow to assess situation, set up communications systems and help coordinate international relief efforts. Photo: USAID
5000 blankets, 250 rools of plastic sheeting and 5,000 containers of water from USAID's pre-positioning warehouses in Dubai were airlifted to Islamabad, loaded onto Pakistani jingle trucks and delivered to Namsehra and Battagram Districts in Northern Pakistan on October 10. U.S. Ambassador Crocker and USAID DART leader Bill Berger where there to meet the plane.  The Pakistani truck drivers were determined that the USAID banner should be attached to the front of their trucks, and managed to secure them with what they had on hand. Photo: USAID
Photo of USAID truck loaded with relief supplies in Pakistan.  Photo: USAID

Earthquake Relief Photo Gallery :: Pakistan

More than 47 percent of the total houses in the Northwest Frontier Province were damanged or destroyed, according to the National Action Plan. In Pakistani-administered Kashmir, the earthquake damaged or destroyed 241,613 houses, or approximately 68 percent of all homes. WFP reports that as of October 30, WFP had dispatched more than 5,200 metric tons (MT) of food to Abbottabad, Muzaffarabad, Mansehra, Balakot, Batgram, Shangla, Bagh, and Garhi Habibulla. The images below show both destruction and relief to earthquake-stricken areas in northern Pakistan.

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Photo of damaged street.  Photo: USAID
Damage along Bank Road, 10/14/05.

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Photo of destroyed Neelum Hotel.  Photo: USAID
Neelum Hotel, 10/14/05

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Photo of man carrying injured child.  Photo: USAID
Photo of USAID/ICRC staff discussion.  Photo: USAID
Bill meets with ICRC, 10/14,05.

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Photo of WHO Health Kit distribution.  Photo: USAID
WHO Health Kits, 10/15/05.

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Distributing WHO Health Kits, 10/15/05

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